Due to the ongoing health condition the country is going through, this Memo extends the work of Memo 1/30 of 24/04/2020 which is related to the Lab tests that are required to complete the transactions of foreign employees, that were taken in private labs and hospitals, till the date of 31/12/2020.
In order to ensure the proper functioning work, the heads of the units concerned with the work of foreigners are requested to ask concerned parties, when submitting a request for a review of a previously rejected transaction, to explain the request and to include the documents confirming the rejection, including an opinion by the head of the department or the competent authority with the suggestion of approval or lack thereof and the reasons justifying that before submitting it to the director and the minister.
Ministerial Decision 115/2020 states the authorization to bring in non-Omani workers to private sector establishments working in the cleaning sector shall be in accordance with the requirements: The employer must be fully devoted to the management of the facility, insured with the General Authority for Social Security, hold a valid leadership card, and provide valid specified documents.
Ministerial Decision 157/2020 amends Article 24 of the Executive Regulations of the Foreigners’ Residence Act in which it states: “A foreigner’s residence permit may be transferred from one employer to another, given that they have acquired a license to recruit workers, provided that proof of end or termination of contract is submitted, and evidence indicating the approval of the competent government authority on the second employer’s contract with the foreigner, in according with the regulations specific to the competent authority. The transfer of the residency of the foreigner entails the transfer of the residency of his family members to the second employer when the necessary conditions for their residency are fulfilled.”
The percentage of the national workforce in the private sector establishments working in the fisheries sector is determined by the ministerial decision according to a schedule that progresses yearly. For example, in coastal fishing and trade, the percentage of national workers is to be 15% in 2020, 17% in 2021, 20% in 2022, 23% in 2023, and 25% in 2024.
The percentage of the national workforce in the private sector establishments working in the mining sector is determined by the ministerial decision according to a schedule that progresses yearly.